The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-05-17
The Great Ell Dorado Located in
the Indian Territory.
The Free hooters Murder q Com
pani0n to Prevent His
Peaching.
The Authorities Hot Upon thu
Trail and Bloody Work
Expected.

Vinita T May 11.9Special]- There
is no little excitement in this section OF
the country, growing out of the action
of the lawless white renegades and des-
persdoes who seek refuge from justice in
the territory, In order to there carry
on the most high handed brigandism.
For long time a thoroughly organiz
ed band, whose rami6cations extend to
every part of the territory where the
white race have reached has been
known to exist, whose business was
horse stealing, both in and out of the Ma
ton.
The Indian authorities have, in con-
junction with government officials, 80 far,
been unable to break it up, and so bold
have became its members that the most
open outrages are of almost daily occur
renee. In connection with
THEIR EQUINE EXPLOITS,
this gang have, in order to
supply needed commissaries carried
on q system of car robbing which
has grown to such dimensions that goods
are csrted about by the wagon load, which
have been obtained in this way, and of
late the matter has brought number of
expert railroad officials to the scene in Or
der to ferret out the miscreants. A few
weeks ago the body of man shot in the
back of the head was found in one of the
cars, he having been killed in the night
time. The next day parties residing in the
nation recognized the dead body and cir
culated q report that he had been killed
by negroes who were robbing the cars. A
number of the latter were arrested but,
hor hair M not fLax fhar
were discharged and the matter was about
to be droppedwhen the railroad
DETECTIVES PUT IN AN APPEARANCE
and taking the case as a clue began to
work it up. They succeeded so well that
they traced the identity of the deceased
until they located him among the gang
and learned further that he had been kill
ed by his own comrades In order to pre-
vent his squaeling which they suspected he
was about to do A car robbery in which
he was concerned had been perpetrated on
ly q few nights before, and on the night of
his murder, he was induced to ac-
company members of the gang on
another expedition of the same sort. Al
car was broken into and the victim with
another companion selected for the purpose
sent inside where the latter took the op-
portunity to blow his comrades brains out
and the gang rode off leaving
HIS DEAD BODY IN THE CAR.
Going home they circulated the negro
story and after the discharge of those az
rested the thieves began quietly to break
up their head quarters and run off whom
hey suspected might give any informa-
ion concerning them. Among those taken
III thus was the wife of the dead robber. |
Large quantities of secreted goods were |
.lse removed, but before the work was
the detectives put in their ap-
,earance, and DO energetic and rapid was |
heir work in tracing the matter up that
hey succeeded in finding at the resi-
lence of the deceased member |
g also at the late residences
# some of the decsmped members quanti-
les Of the stolen goods. As yet no arrests
lave been made, but no end Of excitement
has been caused, and much inquiry con-
erning the fate of the run-off victims of
he robbers, and the chances are that the
,ang will soon be so closrly eornered that
Hood will begin to flow freely, as they are
II desperate fellows and will not be taken
Without fight,